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Secondary Science Simplified™ — 244 episodes
244. Sanity-Saving Systems, Self Checks, and Starting a TA Program With Katie Dupuie
243. Creating Competition, Teaching AP, and 18 Preps With Brennan Koch of Stoich Decks
242. Classroom Jobs, Teaching Chemistry and Ai-Generated Labs for Absences With Maggie H. The Caffeinated Chemist
241. Simplified Grading Strategy: Major vs. Minor Grades
240. How to Time Block Your Work Week
239. No One Cares About Your Class: What to Do When Students Only Care About Their Dual Credit Courses and Not Yours
238. Department Chairs: How to Lead Your Team Well
237. End of Year Reflection - How to Know What Needs to Change
236. Teaching AP Science for the First Time? 6 Tips for Success
235. Advocating for Yourself With Admin
234. My Biggest Regrets From My Time in the Classroom
233. How to Keep Up With Lesson Planning
231. Teaching on an Island: What to Do When Parents and Admin Won’t Help
230. How to Manage Test Retakes
229. Balancing Unrealistic Admin Expectations
228. The Lowdown on Labs: Finding, Funding, Prepping, Executing, and Assessing Labs
227. A Quarter 4 Pep Talk
226. What to Do When You’ve Lost Your Spark in Teaching
225. What to Do When Your Class Won’t Talk With You
224. Keeping Students’ Attention Engaged - Without Killing Yourself to Do It
223. What to Do When Students Simply Won’t Do Their Work
222. What to Do With Fast Finishers - Managing Different Students’ Paces
221. Pacing Panic - What to Do When You Are So Far Behind Where You Thought You’d Be
220. Biology Scope and Sequence: How and Why I Teach Biology the Way That I Do
219. Study Guides for High School Science Classes
218. 3 Things to Stop Doing This Semester
217. How to Regain Control Mid-Year: Resetting Your Classroom Management
216. Simple Goal Setting for the New Semester
215. A Systematic and Scientific Approach to Parent Communication With Guest Amanda Farrar
214. Practical Scientific Inquiry Teaching Strategies
213. Everything You Need to Know About Teaching AP Biology With Tiffany of AP Bio Penguins
212. 6 Preps, EOC Review, Biology and Work/Life Balance With Guest Macee Huseman
211. 5 Differentiation Tips for High Achievers in Your High School Science Classroom
210. 4 Ways AI Can Support You in Your Secondary Classroom
209. Anatomy Scope and Sequence: How and Why I Teach Anatomy the Way That I Do
208. 5 Tips for How to Lesson Plan While Managing Constant Disruptions
207. Dealing With Combative Parents - 6 Tips and 2 Warnings
206. PRIME TIMES® - Everything You Need to Know
205. A Cell Phone Policy for High School Students
204. Serving English Learners in Your Science Classroom With Risa Woods of Every Teacher
203. Who Makes up the Deficit? How to Respond When Students Are Behind
202. What to Do When Your Students Fail the Test
201. AI Literacy for Science Teachers With Guest Amanda Bickerstaff of AI for Education
200. Ask Me Anything! Going Over Work, NGSS, Labs, and MORE!
199. How to Not Take Work Home (In Your Head, or in Reality) This School Year
198. The Most Important Thing You Need to Hear This School Year
197. Motivating the Unmotivated - 4 Practical Tips to Help Students Care
196. Grading Game Changers: 6 Ways to Grade Differently This School Year
195. A Simple and Effective Process for Parent Communication With Guest Mandy Farrar
194. The Importance of Inquiry-Based Learning - And How to Implement It Practically
193. First Year Teacher Reflections With Cienna Domke
192. Teaching Biology, Managing 6 Preps, and EOC Review with Macee Huseman
191. Engaging Students, Serving ELLs, and Teaching Earth Science With Becca of Science Lessons That Rock
190. Student Mastery, Switching Schools, and Teaching Chemistry with Heather Bonanno
189. True Life: I Grade Everything and Because of It, I Have No Life
188. True Life: I Teach a Course With a High-Stakes Test and Don’t Care About It
187. True Life: I’m Drowning
186. True Life: I Am a Science Teacher Who Hates Labs
185. When Is Preparation Worth It, and When Is It a Pipe Dream?
184. End the Year Organized: Your Methods for Management
183. End the Year Organized: Your Classroom
182. End the Year Organized: Your Resources
181. What to Do When Your Job Feels Stale (And Maybe Even Boring)
180. Unpacking the NGSS With Christina Agurcia of Make Them Think
179. Unpacking the NGSS: Phenomena and Storylines
178. Unpacking the NGSS: SEPs and CCCs
177. Unpacking the NGSS: What High School Science Teachers Need to Know
176. Teaching AP Biology, Exam Review, FRQ Prep and MORE With Tiffany of AP Bio Penguins
175. How and WHY I Teach Students to Take Notes
174. 7 Ways to Teach Your Students to Use AI Productively
173. 9 Quick Ways to Use AI to Simplify Your Life as a Teacher
172. Content-Specific Differentiation Tips
171. Differentiating Within One Class Period (And How to Not Make It Obvious)
170. Differentiating for Lower Achieving Students (Without Lowering the Bar)
169. Differentiating for Higher Achieving Students (That Isn’t Just Extra Work)
168. Differentiation in Your Science Classroom - Simple Tips to Decrease Overwhelm
167. Teacher Mental Health With Guest Dr. Hayley Watson
166. How to Use Your Students to Work Smarter Rather Than Harder
165. How Naming What Matters Most Can Change the Rest of Your School Year
164. My Top Tips for Kicking Off a New Semester
163. What I Wish I Knew in My First Year of Teaching High School Science: 5 Simple Tips
162. 5 Essential Teacher Hacks for High School and Middle School Science Teachers
161. Relief for the Burdened Teacher: How to Deal With Caring More Than Your Students Do
160. 4 Proven Tips to INSTANTLY Decrease Your Grading Time
159. My TOP TIPS for Helping Students Learn and Retain DENSE Topics in Your Science Classes
158. How to NOT Feel Like You Are Teaching to the Test
157. Serving ELLs With AI and MORE With Guest Alyse of Keystone Science
156. What to Do When You Are Micromanaged by Your Admin or District
155. How to Create Active and Accountable Learners in Your Secondary Science Classroom
154. AI and Chat GPT With Guest Mitch Wieland
153. How to Make Boring Topics More Engaging
152. Absences - How to Deal With Them
151. Ask Me Anything! Part 2: Differentiated Instruction, Difficult Conversations, Work/Life Balance, and More!
150. Ask Me Anything! Part 1: Difficult Coworkers, Engaging Labs, Classroom Management Strategies, and More!
149. Teaching on a Block Schedule - Why It’s Not as Bad as You Think
148. When You Have Too Much to Do and Too Little Time
147. Content Coverage - How to Get Through All of the Standards
146. How to Nail Your Next Observation - Planned or Unannounced
145. How to Build Resilience in Students Post-Pandemic
144. 4 Ways Having “No Rules” Has Changed My Life (And Could Change Your School Year)
143. My Top 5 Favorite Teacher Hacks for the New School Year
142. Reflections From a First-Year AP Teacher With Guest Laura Tice
141. First Day of School Tips + What I Cover in My First Units of the Year
140. 5 Tips for Teaching Chemistry
139. Sunday Scaries - How I Use Friday Planning to Prevent Them
138. Serving Future You - How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
137. Work/Life Balance as a Mom and AP Teacher With Guest Kimberly Leary
136. Building a Team Mindset Into Your Classroom Culture
135. Using Anticipatory Conversations to Diffuse Classroom Chaos
134. Prioritizing Relationships Over Being Right
133. Using Refrains When Teaching
132. End-of-Year Personal Reflection - 6 Questions to Ask Yourself
131. End-of-Year Resource Audit
130. First Year Teaching? 5 Things I Wish I Had Known
129. 4 Things I Learned From Other Teachers That Changed How I Teach
128. Admin Appreciation - The Best Ways My Admin Ever Supported Me
127. Teaching AP Chemistry With Guest Zach Matson
126. Teaching AP Environmental Science With Guest Ashton Allgood
125. Teaching AP Biology With Guest Beth Hines
124. Teaching AP Physics With Guest Laura Preiser
123. What to Do When You Care More Than Your Students Do
122. How to Nail Your Teacher Job Interview + 3 Mock Lesson Ideas
121. Burned Out? When It’s Time to Make a Change
120. How to Cut Your Grading Time in Half
119. Increasing Retention - How to Get Students to Remember Dense Topics
118. CER: What It Is, and Why I Never Explicitly Taught It
117. How to Prep for a Long-Term Substitute Who Doesn’t Teach Science
116. Behind Schedule? What to Do and How to Prevent It in the Future
115. How to Act Confident When You’re Not
114. How to Bounce Back After You Mess Up
113. What to Do When You Have No Energy - Truths for the Classroom
112. What to Do When You Have No Energy - Systems for the Home
111. Priorities and Boundaries in the New Year
110. How to Manage a Classroom of Apathetic Students
109. 10 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Reflect Over Your Course Sequence
108. 5 Must-Have Routines and Procedures for Secondary Teachers
107. NGSS and Standards-Based Grading With Guest Boni Hamilton
106. Standards-Based Grading, Citizenship Grades, Motivation and MORE With Guest Jennica Harrison
105. What Happened When I Stopped Assigning Formal Lab Reports
104. Using Summative Assessments to Prepare Students for Standardized Tests
103. Authentic Assessments: How to Assess Students in a Way That Actually Matters
102. Tips for Teaching Waves and Kinematics in Your Physics Class With Guest Laura Preiser
101. 6 Tips for Teaching Stoichiometry in Your Chemistry Class
100. Your Questions Answered: Grading, Challenging Behaviors, Leave, Favorite Labs, Supporting ELs and MORE!
99. How to Teach the Nervous and Endocrine Systems in Your Anatomy Class
98. 5 Tips for Teaching Biochemical Reactions in Your Biology Class
97. 6 Grading Tips That Changed My Life
96. Why I Stopped Assigning Homework (And 6 Surprising Results)
95. How to STOP Grading Everything
94. How to Deal with Cheating in Your High School Science Classes
93. Simple Strategies for Classroom Management
92. 5 Ways to Have Precise Pacing and Tight Transitions in your Secondary Science Classroom
91. My Top 5 Classroom Management Routines and Procedures for High School Science Teachers
90. Classroom Management Philosophy for Secondary Science Teachers
89. Classroom Management in a Post-COVID World with Guest Casey O.
88. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 5
87. Aligning Your Assessments: Curriculum Design Part 5
86. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 4
85. Building Out Your Backbone: Curriculum Design Part 4
84. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Part 3
83. Forming Your Foundation: Curriculum Design Part 3
82. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION: Parts 1 and 2
81. Analyzing Your Aims: Curriculum Design Part 2
80. Strategizing Your Sequence: Curriculum Design Part 1
79. 4 Ways to Use Your Summer Well
78. Our LEAST Favorite Topics to Teach & How We Approach Them with Guest Sam Holcomb of Engineer Does Education
77. 5 Myths You Might Believe About Your Work Email
76. How Did You Do This Year?
75. End of Year Classroom CLEANOUT Without the FREAKOUT
74. My #1 Way to Simplify Future Lab Days
73. Teacher Appreciation Week Gone Wrong
72. Review Strategies for EOC, Benchmark, and AP Exams
71. "I'm the Problem, It's Me": Working with Difficult Coworkers and Admin with Guest Zach Matson
70. “It isn’t an Attack on You”: Dealing with Difficult Parents with Guest Zach Matson
69. Admin Support - WHY You Need to Ask, HOW to Ask, and WHAT to Ask For
68. Evaluating Your Teaching Contract
67. Considering a Teacher Career Change with guest Daphne Gomez, the Teacher Career Coach
66. Tips for Teaching at a Public School vs. a Private School
65. Considering Switching Schools? 10 Questions to Think Through
64. How to Re-Engage Apathetic Students (and Manage Your Own Apathy!)
63. Teaching and ADHD - Practical Tips for You AND Your Students with Guest Bri Plyler
62. 5 Ways to Instantly Make Your Planning Period More Productive
61. Rethinking Demos and More with Guest Dr. Erica Colón
60. Teaching with Packets - What They Are, Why I Love Them, and How to Use Them
59. From Burned Out to Burned-In with Guest Amber Harper
58. Midyear Reflections and Reset
57. Living and Working in Your Current Season
56. Scheduling Rest – Why You Need to and How To Do It
55. Goal Setting for the New Year - a Different Approach
54. Your Top 5 Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2022
53. School Counselor Partnerships, Life Hacks, and Laughter with Guest Lauren Tingle
52. Why NOT to Assign Work Over Breaks
51. 5 Alternatives to Traditional Midterm Exams
50. Ask Me Anything! All YOUR Questions Answered!
49. Visuals, Middle School, Maternity Leave, and MORE with Guest Rachael Lasky
48. 5 Ways to Reclaim Your Class Time
47. 2 Ways That Learning Happens and How to Create a Classroom Culture That Fosters It
46. Incorporating STEAM as Secondary Teachers with Guest Dr. Sarah Habibi
45. Using Phenomena to Engage Students
44. Engaging Small Classes: What to Do When You Only Have a Few Students
43. How to Manage Large Classes: What to do When You Have WAY Too Many Students
42. What to Do if You Hate What You Teach
41. 4 Practical Tips for Building Relationships with Your High School Students
40. How to Reach EVERY Learner in Your Classroom
39. Organization Tips for Your Science Classroom
38. A Beginning of the year PEP TALK
37. Teaching Physics and FUN with Guest Michelle Brosseau
36. Teaching Anatomy: 5 Tips for the Best Year EVER!
35. Competency, Classroom Management, Teaching Chemistry and MORE with Guest Zach Matson
34. Teaching Biology - 4 Things NOT to Do
33. 5 Mistakes to Avoid at the Beginning of the School Year
32. Student-Centered Pedagogy: One Way to Start
31. Student Centered Pedagogy: How to do It
30. Student-Centered Pedagogy: Why Make the Shift
29. Student-Centered Pedagogy: What it is
28. Using Summer Productively
27. How the Secondary Science Simplified Course Helped This New Teacher with Guest Rachel Carter
26. Leaving Work at Work
25. The Importance of Proactivity
24. A Look Inside the Secondary Science Simplified Course with 14-Year Teacher, Nikki Pryor
23. Ending the Year Strong by Setting Summer Rocks and Boundaries
22. Ending the Year Strong by Resetting Your Classroom
21. Ending the Year Strong by Auditing Your Lessons
20. Ending the Year Strong by Reflecting on Your Procedures
19. Collaboration, Classroom Management, Career Changes and MORE with Guest Jamie Whitlock
18. What to Do After End of Year Testing with Students
17. Celebrating Earth Day in Your Secondary Science Classes
16. 5 Strategies for Pain-Free Sub Plans
15. Teaching Seniors, AP Biology, and MORE with Diana Price
14. Combating Senioritis Part 3: Saving the Best for Last
13. Combating Senioritis Part 2: Using Student-Centered Activities
12. Combating Senioritis Part 1: Getting Students Outside and Changing up Lecture
11. Balancing Multiple Preps with Sam Holcomb of Engineer Does Education
10. Balancing Multiple Preps: How to Manage Grading
9. Balancing Multiple Preps: How to Lesson Plan
8. Balancing Multiple Preps: Where to Focus Your Energy
7. Making 1D Lessons 3D with Skipper Coates of Real Ms. Frizzle
6. Engaging Students in Lecture
5. Engaging Your Students - Without Exhausting Yourself
4. Engaging Your Students - In the First 5 Minutes of Class
3. Midyear Reset Part 2
2. Midyear Classroom Reset Part 1
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